Re: [ha-Safran] Digital Jewish Resource Bank, anyone?

2014-09-02 Thread fredis...@aol.com
All -- At the AJL Conference in Las Vegas this past June we heard a Plenary talk about the Jewish Digital Commons. At a following session a number of us discussed putting it in place for ourselves, and connecting our own collections and researchers and interests. The people best able to mak

Re: [ha-Safran] Digital Jewish Resource Bank, anyone?

2014-09-02 Thread Amy Schoppert
I love this idea and would like to work on it with you all. Amy Schoppert Temple Beth El Library, Tacoma WA On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Hussein Moustafa, Laila < lhous...@illinois.edu> wrote: > Dear Lee, > > This is a great idea and I would like to join your group. > > Our collection in U

Re: [ha-Safran] Library intern

2014-09-02 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
I discussed this with my fellow librarians here at the college.  What I have to say may sound mean, but we have to stand up for our profession.  We put in a lot of time training to be librarians  and trying to keep up with the latest developments.  Cataloging is as complex as all the books publishe

Re: [ha-Safran] Digital Jewish Resource Bank, anyone?

2014-09-02 Thread Hussein Moustafa, Laila
Dear Lee, This is a great idea and I would like to join your group. Our collection in University of Illinois is not big but it is great. Let me know what is next Laila From: hasafran-bounces+lhoussei=illinois@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-bounces+lhoussei=illinois@lists.se

Re: [ha-Safran] Future Conferences

2014-09-02 Thread Weisman, Yaffa
We are working on it as we speak, and as soon as we have a commitment from AJL members in a few locations we are considering (hopefully soon) – we will post the information on our web site. Dr. Yaffa Weisman, President AJL From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-bo

Re: [ha-Safran] Future Conferences

2014-09-02 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Rebecca, AJL Board is still working on it. Amalia Sent from my iPad > On Sep 2, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Rebecca Levitan wrote: > > I know that the 2015 AJL conference is in Silver Spring, MD, but is it > possible to find out where they will be in the following year or two? > > Thank you! > ~Rebec

[ha-Safran] Help with books

2014-09-02 Thread Ann S. Bradbury
As a member of AJL, and a volunter at a small Judaic library I need some help. a RECENT DONATION OF BOOKS cannot be found (in wENE) AT ONE F THE LOCAL LARGE jUDAIC LIBRARIES: Down to earth Judaism, Waskow wnere to put: Seasons of our joy, also by Waskow I have also been iven Bernard Lewis' book,

[ha-Safran] Future Conferences

2014-09-02 Thread Rebecca Levitan
I know that the 2015 AJL conference is in Silver Spring, MD, but is it possible to find out where they will be in the following year or two? Thank you! ~Rebecca Rebecca Levitan Librarian and Social Media Coordinator Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Center for Jewish Education 5708 Park Heights A

[ha-Safran] FW: Library intern

2014-09-02 Thread Weisman, Yaffa
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[ha-Safran] Library remodeling project

2014-09-02 Thread Paula Fine
Hello, MY synagogue is planning a remodeling project which includes the library and I have been asked to submit a "wish list" to the architecht. We have just under 7,000 volumes and our primary users are the children in the religious school (weekly visits and programming) and a core group of olde

[ha-Safran] Digital Jewish Resource Bank, anyone?

2014-09-02 Thread Lee Jaffe
I wanted to see if there was interest in this group in developing a shared collection of online resources for Jewish research and reading. I know AJL maintains the Bibliography Bank and some other sites, but none of these meet the need I'd like to address. I'm thinking of subject guides to online

[ha-Safran] books

2014-09-02 Thread יוסף שוורץ
We have several hundred volumes mostly Judaica in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. I should like to donate them to libraries. I have lists of what books are available. Please let us know if you are interested in receiving the lists. Dr. Joseph M. Schwarcz Dr. Ida Selavan Schwarcz Hahohit 4 Ganei